I have been using PC's for 30 years, building them for 20 and of course, had plenty of things go wrong. Never before have I been so stuck however and I am at a complete loss. I need help bad and I've exhausted literally everything I can think of.
The situation started when I moved my PC across the room to reorganise my furniture. When I did, I started getting hangs when I would play games. The computer screen would freeze, the sound would grind on the last sample it was playing and then the screen would go black, lights on peripherals would go off and the fans in my PC would ramp up. Not even a BSOD - I was only playing Age of Wonders - Planetfall - not exactly the most demanding game I have. It was doing it with every other game I had except low resource requirement games, such as Factorio. The computer will run just find if I am not gaming and just watching youtube or web browsing etc - gaming makes it crash.
I don't remember if it was a windows update or anything that got downloaded at that time just out of coincidence. None the less, I updated drivers, rolled drivers back, etc and the same issue kept cropping up.
Tried SFC /scannow, memtest, HDD test.... everything seemed fine.
I decided to try replacing my graphics card as I was using a AMD Saphire RX 480. I am now using an MSI AMD RX Vega 56 8gb and a brand new case to fit it in as the older one is too small for that GPU. Problem persists. Thinking it could be a problem with the processor or motherboard, I replaced those too. Problem persisted.
I have now replaced every single component of my computer with brand new stuff (current specs below) and when I say everything, I mean everything - Hard drive, PSU, RAM, even the sata cables and power cables. it's a brand new PC. Same problem. Impossible right?
Have also tried replacing the extension leads for my power to surge protectors - same problem.
I very occasionally now get a BSOD which is always THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVE - that's if I get a BSOD at all. Usually the computer will just hang. I've looked up the typical fixes for this error and tried them all. Nothing.
Can anyone help me? I have replaced absolutely all of my hardware. The computer ran fine before this problem happened for over 3 years since I built it. Now with my brand new (and upgraded PC) I am at a loss. Pulling my hair out here. Dreaming of my PC crashing... it's a nightmare. I've tried everything from clean driver installs, rolling back, alternative drivers, BIOS flashing - everything. Temperatures are also well within tolerances.
My PC specs are:
Windows 10
Asus Prime X470-Pro
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
EVGA 850w PSU
MSI AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB
2x Corsair RGB 3200 ghz 8gb RAM
Deepcool Castle liquid cooling system
4TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Previously was:
Windows 10
MSI Tomahawk B350
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with wraith spire headsink/cpu fan
EVGA 850w PSU (I bought a corsair 850w for the new system but the problem persisted, so I sent that back for a refund, ruling it out)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 480 8gb
2x Corsair 8gb vengeance 2100 (ish)
2tb Firecuda Hard drive.
Different sata cables
Thanks in advance if you think you can help. I have never had a problem like this and replacing the entire PC without a resolution has baffled me beyond belief. Hoping someone will solve this quickly and make me look like a fool.
The situation started when I moved my PC across the room to reorganise my furniture. When I did, I started getting hangs when I would play games. The computer screen would freeze, the sound would grind on the last sample it was playing and then the screen would go black, lights on peripherals would go off and the fans in my PC would ramp up. Not even a BSOD - I was only playing Age of Wonders - Planetfall - not exactly the most demanding game I have. It was doing it with every other game I had except low resource requirement games, such as Factorio. The computer will run just find if I am not gaming and just watching youtube or web browsing etc - gaming makes it crash.
I don't remember if it was a windows update or anything that got downloaded at that time just out of coincidence. None the less, I updated drivers, rolled drivers back, etc and the same issue kept cropping up.
Tried SFC /scannow, memtest, HDD test.... everything seemed fine.
I decided to try replacing my graphics card as I was using a AMD Saphire RX 480. I am now using an MSI AMD RX Vega 56 8gb and a brand new case to fit it in as the older one is too small for that GPU. Problem persists. Thinking it could be a problem with the processor or motherboard, I replaced those too. Problem persisted.
I have now replaced every single component of my computer with brand new stuff (current specs below) and when I say everything, I mean everything - Hard drive, PSU, RAM, even the sata cables and power cables. it's a brand new PC. Same problem. Impossible right?
Have also tried replacing the extension leads for my power to surge protectors - same problem.
I very occasionally now get a BSOD which is always THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVE - that's if I get a BSOD at all. Usually the computer will just hang. I've looked up the typical fixes for this error and tried them all. Nothing.
Can anyone help me? I have replaced absolutely all of my hardware. The computer ran fine before this problem happened for over 3 years since I built it. Now with my brand new (and upgraded PC) I am at a loss. Pulling my hair out here. Dreaming of my PC crashing... it's a nightmare. I've tried everything from clean driver installs, rolling back, alternative drivers, BIOS flashing - everything. Temperatures are also well within tolerances.
My PC specs are:
Windows 10
Asus Prime X470-Pro
AMD Ryzen 7 2700x
EVGA 850w PSU
MSI AMD Radeon RX Vega 56 8GB
2x Corsair RGB 3200 ghz 8gb RAM
Deepcool Castle liquid cooling system
4TB Seagate Barracuda Hard Drive
Previously was:
Windows 10
MSI Tomahawk B350
AMD Ryzen 7 1700 with wraith spire headsink/cpu fan
EVGA 850w PSU (I bought a corsair 850w for the new system but the problem persisted, so I sent that back for a refund, ruling it out)
Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 480 8gb
2x Corsair 8gb vengeance 2100 (ish)
2tb Firecuda Hard drive.
Different sata cables
Thanks in advance if you think you can help. I have never had a problem like this and replacing the entire PC without a resolution has baffled me beyond belief. Hoping someone will solve this quickly and make me look like a fool.